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What makes a wine red versus white in color?

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Wendy Crispell (@wendycrispell) says 6-14-2010 at 12:43pm
A white wine can be made from a red grape! Skin contact is the key to a red wine. Think of the red table grapes difference in color of skin and fruit, the fruit is clear the skin is red. By macerating the skins in the grape must the juice takes on color.
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